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Rethinking Money points out that there is a way, in fact a thousand ways, to stop our current juggernaut towards global self-destruction. There is a system of solutions already in place in localities throughout the …

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People Money is a comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of regional currencies.
It shows how regional currencies can transform the lives and well-being of local communities, how they can …

Pioneering new research from the Club of Rome
In 1972, the first Report for the Club of Rome – The Limits to Growth – famously spelled out the unsustainable consequences of an economic system that demands infinite growth …

Interview with Bernard Lietaer
Jurriaan Kamp | Ode Magazine, September 2005 issue
What is money? Do we need more of it to solve some of the world’s problems? Or is money the cause of them? Ex-banker Bernard …

In this article, Bernard Lietaer, Robert Ulanowicz and Sally Goerner discuss the shortcomings of conventional approaches to managing banking crises (i.e. nationalization of problem assets), and they explain why these typically fail to address systemic …

This paper explains how mutual credit systems can help small and medium-size businesses face the current banking and economic crisis and deal with the problem of cash flow shortage. Businesses can take an initiative to …

Overview: In this talk, Bernard explains that the current banking crisis is a structural crisis which requires a systemic solution. Studies have shown that a natural ecosystem’s ability to thrive and flourish critically depends on its …

The Terra is a global complementary currency designed to provide an inflation-resistant international standard of value; to stabilize the business cycle on a global level; and to realign stockholder’s interests with long-term sustainability. From a …